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March 10, 2007

You Know You're From Abbotsford If....

Passed on to me from my buddy Brian.

You might live in Abbotsford if...


  1. You aren't sure whether marijuana is legal or not.
  2. You can swear in Punjabi, English and Mennonite (Darnit!)
  3. You've hunted mailboxes
  4. You see a gas station on every corner.
  5. You see a church on every corner.
  6. You see a grow-op on every corner.
  7. Five degrees is really cold and twenty is really hot.
  8. Rain is a part of daily life.
  9. You secretly have a firm stance on the great Blueberry Cannon Debate.
  10. You don't get excited about Christmas lights anymore because people keep them up all year round.
  11. Your town's automall is bigger than the actual mall.
  12. You don't think seven hockey arenas is enough.
  13. Your town has had 2 mayors ever.
  14. Your current mayor is an octogenarian.
  15. You know when the Diwali festival is.
  16. You know when the Berry Festival is.
  17. You've grown accustomed to the smell of cow manure in the morning.
  18. Going to Vancouver is a long day trip.
  19. You use the Trans-Canada highway to get around
  20. You know you only have two dates with a girl to score before you have to start taking her to the same places again.
  21. Someone asks you where you're from, and you answer, "Vancouver."
  22. You tell someone you're from Abbotsford and they ask, "Where?"
  23. Bowling is the highlight of your day.
  24. Your yard is the drainage center for all of Washington and Vancouver's pollution.
  25. You know what the "big orange bubble" is
  26. You know how to spell and pronounce "Trethewey"
  27. You celebrated your 25th birthday and 6th wedding anniversary in the same year.... at Sneakers.
  28. You don't need Playland, because you got the Agrifair.
  29. You've noticed your 'water tower' is really a cheese tower.
  30. You know what the 'mechanical vacuum gorillas' are.
  31. You know where to go for Karaoke 5 nights a week.
  32. You sit on a bench which is actually a paint palette, farm machinery or a creepy guy.
  33. You know that, despite what the sign says, the name of our club is Shitty Limits.
  34. You consider a gravel pit a decent place to meet up and hang out.
  35. You're SO much better than those kids in Mission [Editors note: hey!]
  36. The flea-market is a must-go-to-event on Sunday... after everyone goes to church of course
  37. You have been part of the glory days partying up on Sandy Hill before there were houses there
  38. You think a pimped out 84 Honda Accord looks all right.
  39. You see ten people that you know walking two blocks to a convenience store
  40. You hate Chilliwack . I mean the Chillbillies.
  41. You develop asthma.
  42. Your city is both the murder capital and bible belt of Canada.

Note: It's ok to be confused, many of the above will make no sense to anyone who hasn't lived in/on/around Abby.

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February 15, 2007

Weather Cat

An instruction guide to the weather cat, a simpler version of the weather rock:


  • A dry cat licking your nose first thing in the morning means fair weather.
  • A soaking wet cat licking your nose first thing in the morning means it's pouring outside.

This taken from my personal experience this morning with a very wet Rex this morning.

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December 4, 2006

Funny Joke

Cute joke I saw on Slashdot today, from kbielefe:
A scientist goes to God and says, "We don't need you anymore. I can create a human from nothing more than a handful of dust."

"Alright then, let's see," God replies.

"No problem," says the scientist, and he bends over to scoop up some dust.

"Hold on," God interrupts. "Get your own dust."
Personally I think it would have been funnier if the last line had been "Make your own dust.", but hey, that's just me.

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October 18, 2006

Plane Technology Lust

Been reading the Dilbert Blog lately and aside from Scott Adams' financial advice, I'm glad that when boarding an aircraft I'm not the only one with technology lust:

As I stood at the open doorway to the Valhalla of unnecessary controls, I began panting with unbridled, genetically induced technology lust. I wanted to drag the pilot out of his uber-cool seat, put on his headphones and start poking and prodding things just to see what happened.

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August 19, 2006

On 3D Modelling

My buddy Aeryk comments on 3D modelling applications, Blender in particular:


(20:11:23) Æryk: blender makes me want to self mutilate myself with a chainsaw.

So true... anyone who has played with blender knows it's shortcut keys are like playing a piano designed for an 30 fingered person.

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March 3, 2006

Cat on Ice

BSpudd pointed me to a hilarious video of a Cat On Ice, a delicious, but short, mix of a cat, ice, and a Coy (Koy?) pond.

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December 31, 2005

Sometimes Comics Hit it Right on the Nose...

Todays PvPonline is quite possibly the best explanation of NyQuil I've ever seen :) Oh, and happy new year all!

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December 16, 2005

Climbing Kitten

Note mine, but a video of a kitten displaying good mantling technique (rock climbers will know what I'm talking about). Via baby animal cuteness.

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November 23, 2005

Other's DSL Problems

I'm not laughing at Rodrigo, I'm laughing at his DSL problems. He writes a pretty funny story that I'm sure is a familiar story for pretty much any techie. I've blogged about the secret tech handshake years ago, and I think that it holds true today.

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October 26, 2005

Halloween Costume Idea

Holy crap, this halloween costume comic cracked me right up. Course, I'm also a pervert who gets it. If you don't get it, don't worry, go back to not knowing, it's better that way :) You can get larger wallpaper and read an amusing coming as well here. Via Accordion Guy.

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October 20, 2005

Pure Pwnage

Funny video series about what it's like to be a "serious gamer". Pure Pwnage - Episodes, bittorrent available as well. I've watched the latest episode and it amused me greatly. Now they just need it set up in a video podcast via bittorrent :)

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October 19, 2005

William 1, Telemarketer 0

Just read about William's experience with his latest Telemarketer. Wow man, that was hilarious! Great early morning read. I think this definately beats my attempts to mess with telemarketers.

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October 12, 2005

A Moment in Radio History, the Gary Dell'Abate Nancy Tape

I was just witness to a moment in classic radio history. I've been listening to the Howard Stern show for a year or so now, and one of the incidents that they've referred is when the producer of the show, Gary Dell'Abate made a tape of some sort for his ex-girlfriend who left him. Anyway, during the Best Of show that aired on Monday they played the show where the tape was brought in and aired. Oh my god, possibly the funniest thing I've ever heard, and it definately has to be experienced to be believed. Even without the commentary from Howard, Robin, Fred (a musical genius by the way) and the other assorted guests (who all together paid in excess of $20,000 to convince Gary to allow the tape to be played), the tape stands on it's own. Radio history I tell you, radio history.

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September 29, 2005

For My D&D-ing Friends

21st Century Boy points to this great D&D advert that I'm sure my D&D playing friends will appreciate :) And another post on the subject. Read it to find out what a TPK is.

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September 11, 2005

Something To Make You Feel Better

Ever have one of those days when you think you're having a bad day? Remember, it could be worse. :)

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September 9, 2005

Funny Morning Pic

Sometimes you just need a giggle in the morning, and this morning I definately had a couple. First up was a video I linked to over at ufies. Second was this pic posted in a FARK.com thread on is it bad if your kid puts your camera up to his face backwards because he wants to have it flash. Long story, funny pic.

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September 6, 2005

Chimping Exposed

SportsShooter.com has an expose on Chimping. Watch the vid, you'll understand. Oh, and yes, I chimp, sometimes. Only around other people though, when I'm by myself shooting pictures I find I mostly just snap away and check/edit pictures when I get home (except for odd lighting situations like sunsets and the like).

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June 15, 2005

New Web Comic

Just discovered Kernel Panic, and it's a definate addition to the morning comic reading list. I started reading some of the archives and so far this one is my favorite (only because it's true :)

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June 13, 2005

Sometimes the Media Amazes Me

While doing random searches this morning for Olsen Twins news, I saw this story about Eminem poking fun at Olsen twins. "Heavens no!" thinks I, "Whatever has that nasty man done now?" I started read, but the second sentance was this:
The provocative rapper has a new video for his song “[three letter vulgarity for derriere redacted] Like That” which features puppets who engage in lesbian activity.
What the [four letter vulgarity for copulation redacted] is this [four letter vulgarity for excrement redacted] about? I'm ok with hiding some of those extra nasty words like ****, ****, ****, and ****. But hiding a simple and common word like [three letter vulgarity for derriere redacted]? Dear [four letter word for leader of the Christian faith redacted] where will it stop? This is the same network that's been covering child molestation trials on their frontpage. Of course, this is also the same network (MSN) that has blocked nasty ugly words like [thirteen letter vulgarity for a coming together of people to express their opinion in public of their feelings redacted] and [ten letter vulgarity for a western system where rulers are elected by a majority (at least in most cases) redacted] from their China web search. Stupid stupid stupid. And no, I don't really care about the Olsen Twins. Oh, MJ found not guilty, but I saw that coming and don't really care all that much. I do think he's guilty of something, wacked out, and probably autistic, and most definately separated from reality though. Now where can I get a copy of “[three letter vulgarity for derriere redacted] Like That”..... ?

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May 10, 2005

PVP Does Star Wars

This has to be the funniest strip ever.

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March 28, 2005

ArcterSightings

So once again my name is in lights as Geek of the Day a few days ago. Thanks to whomever nominated me. Also Dan noticed that that same picture showed up somewhere through a fark.com. I suppose it's not all that glamorous, but at least I have a claim to fame :)

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March 7, 2005

Downtown Toronto

Now this is pretty cool. Accordian guy linked to a composite pic/panorama of downtown Toronto. Very cool perspective.

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February 22, 2005

Mapping the Cat Brain

I need a poster of this as well. Seems scientists have finally mapped the feline brain and released the details. Included in the mapped image is the exact location of the barf gland and the area controlling infatuation with people who hate cats :)

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February 17, 2005

More Insanity

In a follow up to bitching about doing support I have to go again. Long ago in my company now several times gone I used to joke with Silverstr and ScoobyD and the guys there about an email we got from the QA department. It was a word document with nothing but a screenshot of text in a terminal window in it. I joked that I'd reply with a BMP of a word document with a screenshot of a word document containing a file with the words "next time just cut and paste the text" or something like that. $Dude who emailed me the issues earlier called me again tonight. The "oh it's fixed now" had changed back to "there's an error". So I asked him on the phone if he could duplicate it. "No." I asked if she could send me a detailed way to duplicate (ie: click here, click here, etc), and he wanted to call me tomorrow at lunch to walk me through it. I tried again to just get an email with a list, but no. Of course, if I can't duplicate the error, what exactly can I do again? So he forwards me the email he got from the client. It contained these words:
Hi Error A runtime error has occurred Do you wish to debug Line:46 Error: object expected
and an attachment.... A PDF.... Of a view source page from IE.... That's been printed out... Written on.... And scanned or faxed back into digital form. (See image) Oh. My. Towards the bottom of the page a line has a large arrow pointing to it (line 46 I guessed). Nothing really there. An HREF link with an onclick and onmouseout links. Looking at the page in a validator that's not even the right line pointed to. There is also no indication in the PDF what page this came from, just the helpful title "^TransientScriptDocument0.txt". Luckily there is an indication in the html code of the page itself. Funnily enough I just looked at this some more and did duplicate the error. Nothing like I was told of course, it's something that happens on the mouseover or mouseout, but JavaScript is not my bitch, so I'm going to have to pass on this. Of course, the solution is "turn off javascript error reporting in IE." Bigger sigh.

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January 31, 2005

Quote of the Day

"Can I have two internets open at once?"
-- FireflyMom
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January 6, 2005

Sometimes I Just Have to Answer

I replied to a comment posted on this post by email.
IP Address: 65.93.59.93
Name: jessica
Email Address: candycane_gurl_03@hotmail.com
URL: http://iuuno

Comments:
well tanks alot you didnt help me now i have no mns messangert and the person tat hacked it will be free and then it could hack into everyones msn messanger why im saying this is because all these people you dont helpp ahhah they will come to your site and leave a nasty letter like i did light peace out!!!!
Hi Jessica.

Just wondering if you saw anywhere that people are getting passwords for people, or just a list of morons posting "give me the password to my account" comments and decided to add your name to the list? You really think that there's some team out there that hacks peoples passwords for them? How would they know that you're the owner of the account and not someone trying to steal it (like half the morons on the page)? Did you bother to try the 'I forgot my password' page? Did you search the msn page on how to get your password back? I doubt it.

Also, my "site" was not even related to MSN passwords, and I get far more enjoyment out of people posting nasty things here than I get pain.

Peace out baby.

alan

Yup, it's my fault I didn't get your hacked MSN password back that you asked for on a random webpage that has no relevance to hacking anything. Uh huh. Gotta love people!

Sadly, the email bounced.

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Damn Hippie Commies Open Sourcers!

As I've said before, Microsoft and it's advocates do some good things, but lately they seem to say silly or stupid things that really put them (in my eyes anyway) in less than perfect light. A great example is detailed on Boing Boing where Bill Gates (or Dear Leader as I like to call him) equated those who want to look over the patent and copyright system to modern day communists. Luckily, this has spawned lots of links to help Dear Leader spread the word. "Copyleft is for Commies"... it's got a ring to it!

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December 23, 2004

Loving Bash.org Quotes

I love bash.org. This quote had me on the floor today.

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December 21, 2004

Spam of the Morning

The subject in one of my uncaught spams this morning actually made me laugh this morning:
Subject: Reboot! You too can be tech support.
It's funny cause it's true.

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November 17, 2004

Shirtfolding 401

Wow, Dan linked to the coolest shirt folding ever. Now I have a washer and dryer I can try this at home!

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November 6, 2004

Maybe the Canadian Stereotype is True

I don't like to laugh at friends but when you hear someone day a beaver chopped down a tree onto my car there's really nothing else you can do. Poor Gilgamesh! Dude, I feel for you but at the same time that's the funniest thing I've ever heard! Course, it was a foreign car :)

Get pictures of the gnawed stump and damage at least!

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October 23, 2004

Flying Lawnmower

I haven't seen this before, and I'm pretty sure it's not a "real" lawnmower, but damn, there is something really surreal about seeing a lawnmower flying (backup link) (5mb wmv). Kinda makes you smile for no reason.

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August 17, 2004

Well I'm Farked Now!

Kethryvis noticed a familiar face ass in the crowd of the latest Fark photoshop contest, If corporations could run for political office.... About halfway down there's a post by Chibisuke with this image attached. Great stuff!

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July 14, 2004

A Different Perspective on Politics

Cleaning out some drafted entries here and found something that my coworker Boone threw me a bit ago:
Despite the constant reminders from the Bush Administration, you've obviously forgotten: The sole reason that terrorists hate Americans because of our freedom and liberties.

The best way to prevent terrorist acts, therefore, is to strip those puppies away as quickly and efficiantly as possible.
Scarily enough it all makes sense.

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May 26, 2004

Socks Galore

I'm glad to see that someone has finally written a comic based on my life. I did this exact thing not that long ago, and still have the drawer full of non-identical socks to prove it!

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April 12, 2004

Universal Photography Truths

While sucking up more info about my impending (sometime, sometime) D-SLR purchase, I found a great post in the DPReview forums about the universal truths of photography. I particularily like #5:

5) Never lie to a spouse. If you already own three lenses, then you can gradually replace all three for better lenses, and never have more than the original number in your camera bag. If questioned, you have NOT bought 'another' lens; you have only quietly 'replaced' one for another.

and grudgingly admit that #6 and #8 apply.

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February 27, 2004

If Derek Was President

Derek has a couple of good ideas on what to do if he were president.

I'm sure I could add a couple of things... how about a ban on excessive DVD and CD packaging for one? Ever buy a new DVD and have to get through the three of four different levels of wrappers they put on it? Also a ban on mudslinging during elections. Heck, a ban on all political ads as this suggests maybe! I'm sure I'd work something about female nudity in advertising in. And a ban on stupid people, except for the kind that miscalculate change and give you back more than you should get.

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February 9, 2004

Looking for Less Bush

Bush in 41.2 Seconds, via Adam Kessel, is most amusing.

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Funny Seen on MusicBrainz

Doing a bit of MP3 tagging via musicbrainz this morning when I came across this. I didn't know that there were only three seconds of clean lyrics in Eminem music.

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December 12, 2003

Warnings about Popular Music

Foot_note passed me a great site: Discernment: Music Evaluation for the Layman, a site for discussion about "popular music" and the church. I figure that some friends of mine will enjoy this for a variety of reasons.

Of particular note are the "common myths" and "science" sections.

Now if you'll excuse me, I'm going to continue on my path to hell by turning up U2's Rattle & Hum.

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December 1, 2003

America, This is Your Administration

I don't know if I'd want to live in a country in which the defense secretary apparently has no grasp of the English language... who knows what would come out if he said "don't press the red button"? This Yahoo story gives Rumsfeld a foot in mouth award for the following:

"Reports that say something hasn't happened are interesting to me, because as we know, there are known unknowns; there things we know we know," Rumsfeld told the briefing.

"We also know there are known unknowns; that is to say we know there are some things we do not know. But there are also unknown unknowns -- the ones we don't know we don't know."

Again I will renew my invitation to any Americans who are willing to seek residence in Canada as a refugee that I will try to help you out. Or, in the wise words of Monty Python, "Run away! Run away!"

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November 25, 2003

Hehehehehe

Quote from Canada's Prime Minister:

"If you're against same sex marriage, don't marry someone from the same sex!!!"

Great quote! Sadly I have no idea if it's real or not, as it was found in the midst of a FARK.com discussion.

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October 24, 2003

Attitudes on Unix

Been talking to Steve regarding Windows vs. Linux, and he included the following and said "This quote pretty much sums up my attitude towards Unix..."

"I liken starting one's computing career with Unix, say as an undergraduate, to being born in East Africa. It is intolerably hot, your body is covered with lice and flies, you are malnourished and you suffer from numerous curable diseases. But, as far as young East Africans can tell, this is simply the natural condition and they live within it. By the time they find out differently, it is too late. They already think that the writing of shell scripts is a natural act."

- Ken Pier of Xerox PARC

Fantastic stuff!

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October 20, 2003

Afternoon Funnies

A couple of things I've passed by this morning on my run through websites I wanted to share. In no particular order:

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October 17, 2003

Why I Love the Internet

Searching for pictures of midget loving donkeys for Muckhead on images.google.com I managed to find a page on Getting a Hummer stuck. Interesting result for a search for "midget fuck". I think my buddy Raskal would be interested in this too (the hummer, erhm... big jeep, getting stuck, not the midgets and donkeys and other kinky stuff that Muckhead comes up with).

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September 22, 2003

My New Name

You may all refer to me as:

Lex Montana

That is all. Thanks for the link Chris.

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August 22, 2003

Another Comic To Read

Grrr.... saw a listing for the online Angst Technology over on Darren's site. And it is funny. So now I'm going to have to go and read through all the archives. So much for sleep. Thanks a lot.

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August 7, 2003

Gay Marriage, the Other Side

Lance has an excellent counterpoint to my gay rights post yesterday. The Death of Hamsters examines the reasons why he solidly supports Mr. Bush in his views on gay marriage, the most important point to me being that allowing it will lead to the extinction of humanity, and moose weddings. Found via Tig on another matter. Good looking blog, must read more when I have time.

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August 6, 2003

XP Install Hell (Not Mine)

Dive into Mark has a hilarious post on the steps to install Windows XP and make it livable (via Jeremy). I wonder if Longhorn will be any better? Personally my experiences haven't been quite so bad for the install part, but steps 60 and upwards are pretty much accurate. Too bad you can't just mount your /home directory like you can in a unix. I know they have the file and settings transfer wizard but I haven't used it because I have heard it transfers everything including tmp files, internet cache files, and crap like that. I found it easier to just spend the two days getting the files I need from my backup and then re-setting everything up. e

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July 5, 2003

Software Copying

I'm not sure if this is scary, funny, or a surreal mixture of the two. I know I will never, ever, ever "copy that floppy" again. Found in a thread on shacknews.

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June 26, 2003

The Homosexual Agenda

The funniest thing I've read lately was on a thread on fark about Texas joining the 20th century in their laws regarding consensual sex by same-sex partners. There was talk about "the homosexual agenda", and what exactly it was. Fark reader Ant posted the following:

1. Wake up
2. Go to gym to check out guys
3. Have lunch
4. Get Haircut
5. Go out dancing

 -The Homosexual agenda

I laughed my ass off.

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Mac Zelotry at it's Finest

(Or, "how I managed to piss of Mac readers of this journal"). On a whim I took a look at this article over at MacSlash, an Apple/Mac news site. The story is about another story on slate.msn.com about how Linux's popularity may hurt Apple more than Microsoft (something I have no opinion or education on, I didn't even bother to read the article). I loved the comments being flung around though, looking so much like that of someone threatened and immediately shouting "yea, well you suck more!" or some such inane response.

Here are some of the gems from in there:

[link] i love it when people bash apple. It was very warranted 3 years ago. But the people that do it now are just ignorant. Apple has a hell of a piece of software on their hands now. And Windows users that call themselves power users are just such a joke. There is nothing "power" about the use of windows. Its a locked down, do what they want, operating system.

The first couple of sentances are mostly correct, but to say that the only real power users are mac users just makes you look like an idiot. I'm no windows lover by any means, but I do understand the concept of "use the tool right for the job".

[link] When did Linux become a 'better' server platform than all these Unix based systems? Hope he enjoys his Wal-Mart computing experience. Wonder if he's going to pick it up in his Yugo?

This must be one of the 18 mac users (all artists and teachers) that I've heard about. I bet he drives a VW. See, overgeneralizations can be fun!

[link] The day I see my next door neighboor using Linux, is the day I throw my Dual 867 out the window. Linux might be cheat, but it's only for uber nerds. It has even less software support than Apple does (when it comes to apps that actually do something productive), and is so much harder to use, with no call-in tech support, that the people, who's salaries (proportional to their mental skills) prevent them from buying a Mac, simply will be to fscking stupid to use it!

What exactly is an "uber" nerd? I guess running websites, search engines, and e-commerce sites isn't "productive". I'm not sure about the last sentence, but I think he's calling anyone who can afford a mac but doesn't buy it dumb, but I'm not sure. Of course, I didn't think that those freakish uber nerds needed tech support...

[link] I now way more people that are moving from linux to OSX. Hell at the rate it's going there won't be anybody left on linux. And by the way BSD so totally kicks linux ass in the server market it's not even funny...

Depending on if this guy misspelled "I" or "now" the first sentance takes on a totally different meaning. I don't see the linux camp dissapearing anytime soon.

[link] yeah, sure, I'll trust something from MSN that tries to put Apple down. Linux is just not as usable as a desktop. And for the record, even the idiots at Consumer reports said that the wal-mart linux box was a waste of bits.

Saying that consumer reports are idiots, and then agreeing with what they say makes sense only when they say something that supports your views I guess.

[link] [long description in which he compares updating sendmail/ssh in mac and linux and describes how he used the apple update tool to update his mac, but downloaded, patched and compiled from source in linux.]

You do realize that similar tools available in every major distro out there to do just what you did on your mac on linux right? Of course, you can also download and compile from scratch on a mac as well, but we'll just ignore that for now.

Personally I like macs, and the mac owners I know are sane and normal people. I think that OS/X is a sexy, lickable OS that I'd love to work on if it had a few tweaks here and there. I think there are different tools suited to different jobs. I know that places that are derivatives of slashdot are not places to find informed opinions or reasonable arguments. I know they are all trolls. I also know that these Mac Zelots are funny. Linux zelots are funny too, as are windows, vim, emacs, christian, arabic, flat earth, AIX and BSD zelots.

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June 24, 2003

More Stupid Spammers

You'd think that they'd know by now who is a real person and who isn't.

Of course that would denote intelligence.... The "?"'s by the way are how it shows up in mutt, which is fine to me.

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June 20, 2003

Morning Giggle

Thanks to kickstart for my morning giggle out loud. A rant from Alton Brown.com entitled Armed and Dangerous has the following quote in it.

I

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June 19, 2003

Quote of the day

Taken from a /. article about MSN's new search engine:

[refering to msnbot.com going to a porn site]
. . . I checked, and it forwards to a soft-porn cam site, and then takes you into pop-up hell.

After switching to Mozilla, the only pop-ups I get when visiting a porn site are in my pants.

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May 27, 2003

Climbing Humor

I went through some of this list of signs you've been climbing too long saying "climb friends fireplace? yup, get on the roof without a ladder? yup, climbing equipment worth more than my care? yup (used to be anyway), looking at holds in the sidewalk? more than once, hurts to hold the steering wheel coming home? yup...." and realized I really gotta get out on the rock again soon.

Lots of other good climbing funnies here.

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April 30, 2003

Treadmill Humour

This has been making the rounds at work, figured that my friends would enjoy it.

As a bonus it came with the following sig (from the person who forwarded it to me):

"For a list of all the ways technology has failed to improve the quality of life, please press three." Alice Kahn

I'll have to add that one to my sig collection.

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April 28, 2003

Quote of the Day

Scronking on the hog?

.... Spenz, upon an inquirey of where an office mate was after being seen riding his motorbike away earlier in the afternoon.

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April 17, 2003

Bush and Syria

I found this great post over at The Joint, figured my friends would appreciate it.

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April 14, 2003

Rules for the Canuck Bandwagon

Inspired by a couple of posts by MJ over at going canuck, I present a quick and dirty list of the rules of the Canucks bandwagon (at least the ones I follow).

Rules of the Vancouver Canucks Bandwagon

  1. During the regular season you may jump on and off the bandwagon as much as you like
  2. Caveat: If they are on a streak (ie: the 14 game winning streak they had a month or so ago), you must stay on the bandwagon
  3. If they make it to the playoffs you must stay on the bandwagon
  4. Explanation of the above rule: watching and cheering for them in one playoff game, or caring if they win or not, constitutes being "on" the bandwagon
  5. If they make the playoffs you must jump on the bandwagon
  6. While on the bandwagon you are still allowed to make disparaging remarks about their [insert area of crappy play here] as long as you still have hope in your heart
  7. Explanation of the above rule: you are also permitted to say how you could have done better at [position] than [playername]
  8. You are not allowed to have signs saying anything bad about players or the team, while on or off the bandwagon, that's just being a poor sport
  9. Caveat: If you lose more than the amount you pay for rent on a Canucks game the above rule doesn't change, that's your own stupid fault
  10. If the canucks make it past the first round of the playoffs you are allowed to drink a case of beer regardless of your dieting regulations
  11. Caveat: It must be Canadian beer, or Guiness
  12. If they make it to the finals and win an important game it is acceptable to have a street party in the streets of downtown
  13. If they lose in the finals you are not allowed to riot, and the suggested course of action is to drink beer, stay at home, and mope
  14. If they win the finals you are expected to claim to have been on their side the entire time and look down your nose at others who jumped on and off the bandwagon.
I'm not sure if the above is sad or funny, but others are free to add their own rules (and I hope that at least some do).

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April 4, 2003

What Not to do While Unemployed

Chris got some good advice about what to do and not do when unemployed. As someone who was income challenged for the better part of six months to a year (or something like that) I can only say it's nice to wake up at 9 or 10 and go to sleep at midnight. Should would beat the employed life sometimes.

Now where's that holiday I've been waiting for....?

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April 1, 2003

April Fools Blogging

Hilarious, the weblog of Kim Jong Il (beloved leader of N. Korea, appointed no doubt by the $DEITY(s) themselves), including some pictures and some conversations he's had with "Bush43". Awsome, hope it keeps going after April 2.... Thanks for the link Craigalog.

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Ah, the Joys of Abuse

Looks like Dani likes messing with telemarketters as well... good job. I did something similar a couple of years back. Lately the joy of abusing telemarketing people hasn't been there, so I just tell them I don't have a phone and hang up.

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March 26, 2003

Songs about Blogging

Wow, this song, Caterwaul so exactly describes the state of weblogging today. Hilarious, and great work by stevenf.

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March 18, 2003

From the GWB War Glossary

From the GWB War Glossary:

War On Terror n. A comprehensive marketing strategy to ensure the reelection of George Bush in 2004, by embroiling the United States in war for decades to come. Replaces these previous campaigns: "Compassionate conservative," "Fiscally responsible," "Education President," "He's really not as dumb as he looks." Precedes "War is peace. Freedom is slavery. Ignorance is strength."

(Emphasis mine). Linked it on UFies, but this entry was particularily good, as I haven't seen the 1984 references thrown around yet.

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March 7, 2003

Funny Pic

This is so naughty, and yet so funny, I had to share. I don't particularily agree with the sentiment, but find it amusing at the same time. Passed on by my buddy cfreeze. Warning, there are naughty little seamen when you click the picture....

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May 10, 2002

Words of Wisdom

Advice from Brad:

> Good luck at your interview! Oh yeah, and remember: Don't show up drunk!

Now that made my Laugh Out Loud :)

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May 2, 2001

Now I Know What it Feels Like to be Regurgitated

Ok, so not all my pleasure comes from standing and sitting. I just recieve a call from Sprint Canada, which (and I'm so glad my wits were with me), in the spirit of Tom Mabe, went something like this:

Sprint: Hi there this is [someone] calling from sprint canada, and how are you today?
Arc: Just fine thankyou.
S: I'm calling today to see if maybe we can help you lower your phone bill.
A: Ok, sure.
S: When do you do most of your long distance calling Mr. Arcterex?
A: Not really... most of the numbers I call are porn lines, you know, the 1-900 numbers?
S: I'm sorry, the which lines?
A: Porn lines, you know, the phone sex numbers.
S: Oh, I see. Do you do any other long distance?
A: Not really. Do you have a plan that will cover the sex lines?
S: Well I don't know, I'll see if we have anything that will cover those numbers.
A: If you could that'd be great, it's costing me five or six hundred dollars a month now.
S: Please hold sir and I'll find out for you.
<hold music>
S: I'm sorry sir, those numbers generally come from the states and are at a fixed rate, so you're stuck with the $1.99 or $2.99 a call, or minute.
A: Oh gee, that's too bad.
S: I'm sorry sir. If your calling habits change in the next while please let us know and we'll be able to help you out.
A: [ in a super cheerful voice ] Well, if my sex-change operation comes through in the next while they certainly will!
S: That's ni... ... ...ce sir [ muffled laugh ] have a nice day.
A: Good bye.

And they say politeness never got you anywhere.

8:15am
Home again today. Felt like crap all day yesturday at work. I thought I was feeling better, and I probably was in the morning, but as the day progressed I sneezed more, was more congested, and had more and more of a desire to die. Watched The Mummy last night up at Iambe's with my box of Kleenex(tm)(c)(r) held close. I hope I didn't sneeze on Fozbaca too much.

If I had felt better this morning I would have done the work thing, but the following schedule convinced me that staying home was a good idea:

  • 10:45pm(ish) - go to bed
  • 1:50am - wake up
  • 4:50am - wake up
  • 5:10am - give up lying in bed and trying to get nose unplugged, get up and read more of Speaker...
  • 8:00am(ish) - feel good enough to drag myself to the computer and sit down and start working

It's really sad when my only joy in life (currently) is the one or two minutes of relatively clear breathing I get in between sitting/lying/standing. Guess mucas is as susseptable to gravity as everything else.

This sentance was typed standing up.

And this one sitting down.

Mmm..... tea.....

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October 28, 1999

10/28/99

Quote of the day:
<Scutter> i'm going as a BSOD. i'm gonna wear all blue and refuse to leave the house or do anything else.

Quote of the day 2:

<HomeySan> me dressing as britney spears? I'd spend the entire evening trying to fuck myself =-)

Well, DC ended not that interestingly from a development standpoint. Dawson and his dad fought and made up, Joey's helping Pacey with his new (POS) boat, and Andy thought she was caught for cheating but wasn't. I suspect that it'll eat her up though, losing Pacey really hurt her. Oh, the football weenie got to kiss Jen, after spending $500. Wow... that's impressive. It wasn't even a really great looking kiss. Tender yes, but not that long. And his feet didn't lift off the ground.

Tonight I'm going home. I'm going to go for a run, have a shower, and then sit my ass in front of the tv or computer till 10 and watch tv or code. Then I'm going to bed. I've found that when your head crashes into the desk at work due to over tiredness it's bad. Course, the night before was Sillz's goodbye dinner (nice to see everyone out again) and the non-stop pop was well, non-stop. After that I was up cleaing up mail and so on. Mucho thanks to T for amusing me till 2am (people on the night shift rock).

Argh. Sleep will be nice. Also wouldn't mind finding the time to hack some XFMail code, should I ever have time. Be nice to get back into C again.

Oh! Trips trips trips! I'm going to be heading up to Edmonton to escape reality a bit with Darren up at his place. Figure I'll take the day off I have coming to me and the thursday off for Remembrance Day and take a little holiday. And with my work I think I have a week coming to me of holidays this year. Now I'll either use those to join my parents in hawaii in feb (they are back btw, safe and sound and jet lagged as hell) or maybe take a couple days off and visit friends in California. Have to see how that goes. Nice to get out of the rain sometime though (not that edmonton is better with it's 6' of snow or whatever they have now (ok, so I'm not totally correct on the details...)).

Lunchtime I think, or at least, time to eat lunch. My work here is going well.. I can't tell you what on of course, but it's working again (yay!). The bosses are currently scrapping it out in a closed door meeting so I'm all alone to eat my bagels. Maybe I'll go in there later and clean the blood off the walls.

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October 20, 1999

10/20/99

11:59:59
Ok, so it's midnight and I'm still up. But as soon as this is done I'm down, I promise.

People are really stupid you know. I had a guy wander into #userfriendly and started a conversation with "asl?" ("Age, Sex, Location?", the mating call of horny little weenies everywhere looking for some girl to say they are naked or something).

That was his first mistake. There were more.

Of course I had it logging and the results can be seen here. It's amusing I can tell you (though there is some profanity.

This all happened in the midst of a guy from the other floor coming and asking me about stuff, and talking about his lack of ability to find a job and how he's having problems in the Bosses class, and if he could get help on it. And talking my hear off for 30 min or more. And asking me to get him a job at work even though he has 0 experience with the stuff we need people for. I'll ask the boss though. Hehe.

Now sleep.

thud

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